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Odd Desktop Problem. Help! =)
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Hi I'm Ben
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Jan 11, 2003, 04:51 PM
 
My wallpaper went away and i can't get it back no matter what.
I'm sure i need to trash some preference file or something but i have no idea which one it is.. here's what my wallpaper pref pane looks like.
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Jan Van Boghout
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Jan 11, 2003, 05:14 PM
 
com.apple.desktop.plist holds the desktop info. Weird that even the image groups don't show up.
     
Hi I'm Ben  (op)
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Jan 11, 2003, 05:40 PM
 
Originally posted by Jan Van Boghout:
com.apple.desktop.plist holds the desktop info. Weird that even the image groups don't show up.
i wish that would have helped.
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Jan Van Boghout
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Jan 11, 2003, 05:51 PM
 
Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
i wish that would have helped.
Hmm. Try deleting: ~/Library/Caches/Desktop and ~/Libary/Caches/com.apple.preferencepanes.cache ?
     
Hi I'm Ben  (op)
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Jan 11, 2003, 06:21 PM
 
ok it worked that time. Thanks!
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Jan 12, 2003, 03:37 AM
 
Originally posted by Hi I'm Ben:
ok it worked that time. Thanks!
Glad I could be of help
     
   
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